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You cannot erase the past, but you can change "because of" into "thanks to" 🐻‍❄️

A chubby cut paper penguin watering a small sprout growing from a real old rain boot
White Bear

It seems that if you hear "Do not think about a white bear," you think about it more.

Trying To Forget

Bad memories too: the more you try to forget, the more you remember.

New View

You cannot erase the past, but you can change how you see it.

The Trick

The trick is to change "because of" into "thanks to."

⚡ TRY IT
Try to forget the white bear
Bears in your head: 1
😅 See? The harder you try to forget, the more bears come.
🔄 Now flip the words. Tap a card!
☀️ The past did not change. Only the words did. The bears are sleeping now.
📚 I learned this from the Japanese blog "Panda no Ondo".
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